TRACTORLAND LIMITED

ABOUT TRACTORLAND LIMITED

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Before setting up the Business, I realised we would need an agricultural expert to be part of it, so I got in touch with childhood friend and neighbouring farmer, David Horler, to become a partner. With two small children of my own, when Alexandra approached me, I could see what a great idea this was. Like many farmers I was looking for good ways to diversify - regardless of the fact that not many farmers get into film production, this really appealed to me. From my point of view, this was a way to give a modern and accurate portrayal of the best of UK farming practice to the next generation. Over a decade on and I am as familiar with the editing suite as the tractor cab!

For our first film we decided to cut our teeth at making a pilot version, which we called simply, Tractorland. It took a year with help from two students studying media at Bath University. We built up footage such as filling up the tractor with diesel, hitching the plough, ploughing the field, seed drilling, seeing the wheat growing and going to the local bakery to watch it being made into bread. Once we had finished editing at a friend’s corporate video offices in London, we took out an advertisement in Farmers Weekly and sold 300 copies of the video in a week!

The busy Tractor Ted Head Office occupies a cluster of beautiful converted stone barns at Highchurch, David’s home farm just outside Frome in Somerset. From views across the spectacular rolling Somerset countryside the new films and books are developed, Little Farms planned, mail orders despatched, live events organized and products sent to over 600 shops in the UK, Ireland and the US.

You can contact us by telephone, email or post - whichever you prefer - we are always happy to hear from you.